Judge Stone

Judge Stone#1 New York Times Bestseller! Academy Award winning actress Viola Davis and the world's #1 bestselling author James Patterson's Judge Stone "delivers first class courtroom drama, small town excitement, and strong characters all wrapped in a moral dilemma. Tense, readable, and relevant." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) "Talk about a power combo! With Davis's razor sharp emotional insight and Patterson's mastery of rocket fuel pacing, this is the dream

were her many names

If he can’t get the head of the PTA off his back after cutting programs that were costing the district money

Against the long shadow of their shared family history

Ressa faces years in prison and thousands in fines

consumed with desire for the fiery prophet who foretells the doom of her stepfather

an Ivy-League educated Black engineer

When it explodes

throwing her romantic life into peril

When tragedy bursts their carefully constructed empire of dignity and safety

New York Times bestselling author of The Sweetness of Water)

there are sprawling gardens and even an old zoo where the family’s pygmy hippopotamus resides

Full of heart and hijinks